Is not the same... Backticks keeps newlines, but $() merges all lines
into a single one. I'm not sure if this behaviour is affected by IFS
On Apr 7, 2010, at 4:01 AM, Noah Birnel <nbirnel_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 01:03:55PM -0400, node_AT_lavabit.com wrote:
>
>> Semi unrelated question: why are so many people at suckless using ` `
>> instead of $( ) ? I've seen it here, dmenu_path, surf's config.h...
>> etc.
>>
>> $( ) only fails in very, very old shells... think original bourne
>
> I use backticks out of habit... and maybe ignorance. Can you explain
> your preference?
>
> --Noah
>
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